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Episode 2

From mobile phones to getting names right – an all-star cast portray a hilarious view of us all. With Stephen Fry. From 2015.

Michael Frayn - the most comic philosophical writer of our time.

An all-star cast has great fun with Frayn's hilarious view of us all. People talking. To each other, to the world at large, to themselves. Explaining. Heard, overheard, half-heard.

In this episode, we eavesdrop on two strangers in a café. Patricia Hodge is the woman who can't get names right. Joanna Lumley, listening in at the next table, longs to correct her. Adam Godley becomes increasingly obsessive in a doctor's surgery. Matthew Wolf, attending a lecture on words, doesn't care for the phrase 'if you like'. Sophie Winkleman and Charles Edwards, trying to find their destination, have 'WIC' - that's 'Words in Car'.

Stephen Fry is a politician who believes he has mastered the intricacies of his mobile phone. Tom Hollander and Nigel Anthony share confidences in their own mathematically precise language. And Julian Sands suffers at the hands of Martin Jarvis' Pinteresque writer-tormentor.

This four-part series is Theatre in miniature. Short entertainments based on Frayn's recently acclaimed book, Matchbox Theatre. His brand new collection, now on the radio - the theatre of the listener's imagination. Set design, ice-cream sales, packet of nuts, where to sit - it's up to you. Just sit back and enjoy.

With
Patricia Hodge
Joanna Lumley
Adam Godley
Matthew Wolf
Sophie Winkleman
Charles Edwards
Stephen Fry
Tom Hollander
Nigel Anthony
Julian Sands
Martin Jarvis.

Producer: Rosalind Ayres
Director: Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis and Ayres production for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2015..

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 25 Jul 2020 05:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Actor Patricia Hodge
Actor Joanna Lumley
Actor Adam Godley
Actor Matthew Wolf
Actor Sophie Winkleman
Actor Charles Edwards
Actor Stephen Fry
Actor Tom Hollander
Actor Nigel Anthony
Actor Julian Sands
Actor Martin Jarvis
Writer Michael Frayn
Director Martin Jarvis
Producer Rosalind Ayres

Broadcasts

  • Fri 4 Dec 2015 11:30
  • Sun 2 Sep 2018 19:15
  • Fri 7 Sep 2018 07:30
  • Fri 7 Sep 2018 17:30
  • Fri 7 Sep 2018 22:00
  • Sat 8 Sep 2018 05:30
  • Fri 24 Jul 2020 07:00
  • Fri 24 Jul 2020 17:00
  • Sat 25 Jul 2020 05:00